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Chapter 1902, Director, Urgent Telegram from Shanghai!
Chapter 1902, Director, Urgent Telegram from Shanghai!
"In other words, you received a phone call where the person said that Accountant Yao and Director Zhao had been arrested, and that District Chief Qu had also been arrested and had defected to the enemy," Fu Liao asked with a serious expression.
“Yes.” Qi Deming nodded. “This phone call was very abrupt, especially the claim that the district commander had been arrested and defected to the enemy. I simply can’t believe it…”
“However,” he said, looking at Fu Liao, “the fact that the other side was able to make a phone call means that we are definitely not safe over there, so I immediately ordered the brothers to evacuate.”
“Nonsense!” Wu Zhiqian said with a gloomy face. “Who is spreading rumors? This is slander against the District Commander. How could the District Commander possibly betray the country and defect to the enemy?”
"So, Chief Qu is alright?" Qi Deming's face lit up with joy.
……
“We can’t get in touch with the district commander right now,” Fu Liao said, ignoring Wu Zhiqian’s gloomy expression. “While this doesn’t necessarily mean anything, it’s a dangerous sign.”
Qi Deming immediately understood what Fu Liao meant; Assistant Fu could not rule out the possibility that Qu Zuo had gotten into trouble.
"How did you find Zhou Hanwen?" Fu Liao asked immediately.
“Third Brother, the responsibility lies with me,” Zhou Hanwen quickly said. “Director Qi found me at the Baliqiao Noodle Shop.”
Upon hearing this, Fu Liao immediately understood and glared fiercely at Zhou Hanwen.
Zhou Hanwen is from Zhenjiang and likes to eat the pot lid noodles at Baliqiao Noodle Restaurant. Obviously, Qi Deming somehow learned about this habit of his, so Qi Deming waited at Baliqiao Noodle Restaurant and found Zhou Hanwen.
Although the outcome was that Zhou Hanwen made contact, which was a good thing, especially since the intelligence Zhou Hanwen brought gave Fu Liao more certainty about his guesses and judgments, from the perspective of an underground worker, Zhou Hanwen's habit, which seemed like a small thing, was actually a loophole that could bring great danger.
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“I have a guess now,” Fu Liao said. “I suspect that besides Director Qi, other units in our department may have also received this warning call.”
“I also suspect that possibility,” Qi Deming nodded and said.
"Director Qi," Fu Liao said, "the situation is urgent. We need to contact all relevant units as soon as possible to confirm their safety."
“I’ll contact him,” Qi Deming said immediately. “I can get in touch with Lao Liu.”
As he spoke, he glanced at Fu Liao.
According to the district commander's regulations, horizontal communication between units is strictly prohibited. However, Qi Deming blurted out that he could contact Liu Zongji, the captain of the special field operations brigade, which was obviously a serious violation of Chen Gongshu's strict orders.
"Captain Liu has likely already been evacuated. Can Director Qi contact him?" Fu Liao glanced at Qi Deming and asked.
Although he knew that Qi Deming had seriously violated discipline, he couldn't care less about those past events at this moment.
……
“Yes.” Qi Deming nodded. “Old Liu and I are sworn brothers. I can find him.”
"Okay." Fu Liao nodded. "Then I'll leave it to Director Qi."
Although he knew the original addresses of each unit, if he was not mistaken, the units had already evacuated in an emergency, and there was practically no way to contact them.
Logically, there should be backup safe houses after each unit evacuates in an emergency. However, since Commander Cen was secretly arrested by the enemy, and in accordance with Boss Dai's urgent orders, each unit had already evacuated in an emergency and used the safe houses.
According to the district rules set by the district head, the most important aspect of a safe house is its secrecy. Therefore, a safe house can only be used once. This is to prevent someone from betraying the safe house in an emergency.
Therefore, this directly led to the extremely hasty emergency evacuation of various units. It was a bottom-up evacuation, which means that the district headquarters did not know the destinations of each unit after the evacuation. It could even be said that each unit found its own place on its own, which is absurd.
"Is there anything else to arrange, Assistant Fu?" Qi Deming asked.
When he asked the question, he glanced at Wu Zhiqian, somewhat surprised by the silence of the secretary's second assistant.
"The district government's second office has fallen," Fu Liao warned. "Be extremely careful."
"Understood." Qi Deming nodded.
Qi Deming left in a hurry. Fu Liao glanced at Wu Zhiqian and was somewhat surprised that Wu Zhiqian did not stop him from 'giving orders'.
……
"Assistant Wu, is there anything else you'd like to add?" Fu Liao asked Wu Zhiqian.
"Director Qi has already left, and Assistant Fu has already given all the orders. Is it too late to ask me now?" Wu Zhiqian sneered.
Without waiting for Fu Liao's explanation, he continued, "Fu Liao, you issued orders without the district commander's permission. I will report this matter to my superiors truthfully."
Fu Liao glanced at Wu Zhiqian, noticing that Wu Zhiqian had used the term 'superior' instead of 'District Head'.
“Assistant Wu has misunderstood. If you think it’s inappropriate, I will naturally discuss it with you in the future. We are brothers…” Fu Liao said.
"Forget it!" Wu Zhiqian snorted coldly. "I don't have that much ability or courage. You can have Assistant Fu handle everything."
With that, Wu Zhiqian stood up, opened the door, and said to Luo Xiaomeng, who was guarding the door, "Mengzi, let's go."
Fu opened his mouth as if to call out to Wu Zhiqian, but in the end he did not speak. His eyes flickered as he watched Wu Zhiqian's back.
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"Third Brother, what is Commander Wu doing..." Zhou Hanwen said.
“He was scared,” Fu Liao said.
"What?!" Zhou Hanwen exclaimed in shock. "Commander Wu wouldn't have defected to the enemy, would he?"
"What are you thinking about?" Fu Liao shook his head. "This old man Wu is not very brave and has no sense of responsibility."
He lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and said, "He doesn't even have the guts to be a deserter, let alone a traitor."
He knew what Wu Zhiqian was afraid of. Qi Deming was able to find the Dajiangnan Hotel, and as he arranged for Qi Deming to contact other units, it was conceivable that the Dajiangnan Hotel would become the focus of all units' interactions. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it was the temporary residence of the district government.
This also means that the place is extremely unsafe; even if just one person has a problem, it means that the Grand Jiangnan Hotel will be exposed.
Even if no one inside has problems, the sheer number of people coming and going will greatly increase the likelihood that the enemy will track them down to this place.
Therefore, he guessed that Wu Zhiqian was scared, so he took the opportunity to get angry and quit, getting away from the Dajiangnan Hotel, a powder keg that could explode at any time.
Fu Liao shook his head. Regardless of the reason, Wu Zhiqian's move was tantamount to handing over the temporary acting authority in the Shanghai area to him.
This is of paramount importance to the Shanghai region at this moment.
……
“Hanwen,” Fu Liao said to Zhou Hanwen.
"Third brother."
"Is the radio station working properly?"
"It's okay."
"Send a message to Boss Dai in Chongqing," Fu Liao said in a deep voice. "All units have received an anonymous, mysterious warning that District Chief Chen Gongshu has defected to the enemy. The situation is critical, and headquarters is urgently requested to confirm. In addition, the District Chief has gone missing, and the Second Office of the District Government has been captured. The reason is a mystery."
He looked at Zhou Hanwen, "Did you remember? Repeat it."
Zhou Hanwen put down his pen and paper, looked at his notes, and immediately read them carefully.
“Send the message,” Fu Liao nodded and said.
"Understood." Zhou Hanwen nodded, then hesitated for a moment before asking, "Third Brother, do you think the District Chief is really...?"
"I don't know," Fu Liao shook his head.
“I just thought about it, and I think the one secretly warning us is most likely the Shanghai Special Operations Department,” Zhou Hanwen said.
“That’s possible.” Fu Liao nodded. He had been thinking about it and was inclined to believe that this was a warning from General Xiao Mian’s Shanghai Special Intelligence Bureau.
Although he was also very puzzled as to how the Shanghai Special Intelligence Bureau could know the addresses of various departments in the Shanghai area, after careful consideration, it seemed that there was no other possibility except that the Shanghai Special Intelligence Bureau had the ability to warn them.
“There’s a high chance that something has happened to District Chief.” Zhou Hanwen sighed suddenly, his expression downcast.
Fu Liao looked at him.
He somewhat understood what Zhou Hanwen meant; this kid had more confidence in the Shanghai Special Intelligence Bureau, or rather, he was willing to believe what the Shanghai Special Intelligence Bureau said.
"Go send the message quickly," Fu Liao said, flicking his cigarette ash and glancing at Zhou Hanwen.
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"Call Boss Dai in Chongqing." Cheng Qianfan's expression was serious. "Yao Changgen has betrayed us and has been eliminated by our department. We have successfully seized the rental agreements of various units in the Shanghai area."
Zhou Ru looked serious and silently made a mental note.
"Furthermore, it has been confirmed that Chen Gongshu has defected to the enemy and has already warned all departments in the Shanghai area through the leased address. The matter is urgent, and my department acted without authorization. I hereby apologize to the Director."
"We do not have any further information about the current situation in the Shanghai area."
"The situation is extremely critical; I am writing to request your instructions."
"Xiao Mian from the Department of Personnel..."
Cheng Qianfan looked at Zhou Ru.
Zhou Ru paused for a few seconds, organized her memories, and immediately repeated them.
Word for word.
"Let's generate electricity," Cheng Qianfan said to Zhou Ru, nodding slightly.
"Yes." Zhou Ru saluted the section chief.
Cheng Qianfan instructed Li Hao to take good care of Zhou Ru, then put on his top hat, turned up his trench coat, and left.
……
Haozai was driving when a light snow began to fall.
"Brother Fan, did Chen Gongshu really defect to the enemy?" Haozai asked.
“It’s been confirmed,” Cheng Qianfan said. “Both the Special Higher Police and the Military Police have confirmed this information.”
Cao Yu was the 'mantis' in Araki Harima's hands. After the 'Shu Jincheng' incident, Cheng Qianfan secretly met with Cao Yu and instructed his comrade 'Second Cousin' that if there were any actions within No. 76 that were kept secret from the Japanese, he should remember to show his loyalty to the Japanese and inform them in time.
At Chunfeng Deyilou, he met with Cao Yu and Feng Ziqian. Cao Yu secretly made a gesture, meaning that he would later find a way to secretly contact Araki Harima and inform his Japanese masters.
Therefore, after waiting for half a day, he estimated that Cao Yu should have already reported to Araki Harima, so he went to see Araki Harima and happened to learn from Araki Harima the information that 'Mantis' had just sent.
The two then went directly to the military police headquarters to secretly meet with Umezu Sagami and Shogo Onodera.
This led to the incident where Sagami Umezumi led a group of men straight to Gesfield Road and arrested and interrogated Wan Haiyang on the grounds that he was suspected of being a spy in Chongqing.
"Unbelievable." Haozai's expression was somewhat heavy as he said in a low voice, "Commander Chen was someone the enemy feared back in the Special Service..."
"Stop talking about Commander Chen." Cheng Qianfan frowned. "He is now a traitor and a disgrace that everyone should kill."
"Yes," Haozai quickly replied.
……
"Furthermore, Wan Haiyang has already been arrested and interrogated by the military police," Cheng Qianfan said. "This guy won't be leaving the military police station alive."
"Great!" Haozai exclaimed with delight. "This guy was a traitor whom Boss Dai specifically ordered to be eliminated. He got what he deserved!"
“Wan Haiyang has already fallen,” Cheng Qianfan said. “Next, it’s Hu Sishui’s turn.”
"Does Brother Fan mean we should launch an operation against Hu Sishui now?" Haozai asked in surprise.
"You think it's inappropriate?" Cheng Qianfan asked, fiddling with a cigarette in his hand.
"The enemy is currently launching a major operation against the Shanghai district. The situation is so tense right now. If we launch an operation against Hu Sishui at this time..." Haozai pondered and said, "Chief, I'm worried that this might divert the enemy's attention from the Shanghai district to us?"
After hearing Haozai's words, Cheng Qianfan chuckled and said, "If it can reduce the pressure on the Shanghai area from the enemy, that would be a good thing."
"Brother Fan," Haozai said, "Should we reconsider? I think it's best for us to prioritize stability at this time."
"Didn't you complain before that I didn't help the Shanghai area when it was in dire need?" Cheng Qianfan lit a cigarette, took a light puff, and said slowly.
"How dare I?" Haozai quickly replied. "Brother Fan, you always have your reasons for doing things. I am not knowledgeable enough, so all I can do is obediently follow your orders."
"Contact Mud Dog," Cheng Qianfan flicked his cigarette ash and said in a deep voice, "Find out what Hu Sishui has been doing lately, and whether he has taken the bait according to our plan."
"Understood." Haozai nodded.
He didn't think now was a good time to take action against Hu Sishui, but Brother Fan had already made up his mind, and as his subordinate, all he could do was follow orders.
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chongqing.
No. 19, Luojiawan.
Qi Wu, with a serious expression, translated the secret telegram that had just been sent from the Shanghai region.
Upon closer inspection, Qi Wu's expression changed drastically.
He folded the telegram, put it in his pocket, and buttoned it up.
Then, adopting a calm and composed demeanor, he left the office and unhurriedly arrived at the door of Dai Chunfeng's office.
"Is the gentleman inside?" Qi Wu asked.
"Yes, Secretary Qi."
Qi Wu stepped forward and knocked on the door.
“It’s me, Director. There’s a telegram,” Qi Wu said, a hint of joy on his face. “Good news.”
……
"Qi Wu!" Dai Chunfeng gripped the telegram tightly in his hand, looking at Qi Wu. "How likely do you think the claims in this telegram from the Shanghai district are?"
Qi Wu knew that Dai Chunfeng was asking about Chen Gongshu's defection to the enemy.
"Director," he said thoughtfully, his expression serious, "maybe it's true."
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